Jharkhand: 62-Year-Old Voter Dies of Suspected Cardiac Arrest Outside Polling Booth in Ramgarh

A 62-year-old man died of suspected cardiac arrest outside a polling booth in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Monday, an official said. The incident happened outside booth 193 at the Government Upgraded High School in Chitarpur block's Bhuchungdih village in Hazaribag Lok Sabha constituency. Akhtar Hussain collapsed on the road and died, he said."A detailed report in this connection has been sought from local authorities," Deputy Commissioner Chandan Kumar told news agency PTI. BDO Gyan Shankar Ekka said Hussain lived some 500 metres from the polling station. "He died possible cardiac arrest;" Ekka said.Also Read | Lok Sabha Election 2024: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea by 78-Year-Old Bedridden Woman Seeking Postal Ballot Vote.Mustaque Ahmed, the son of the deceased, said, "My father wanted to vote early in the morning and reached the polling booth at 6.30 am and was asked to stand in a queue. He came out of the booth." Booth level officer Shanti Devi said two elderly persons reached the booth before the polling commenced and were asked to wait till polling was scheduled to start.Presiding officer of the booth P Parmeshwar Karmali said Hussain died outside the booth. Imran Ansari, the family member, alleged that there was no medical facility at the polling station. The deceased is survived by eight sons and a daughter.

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ambika Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party	57894
Ashok Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	56084
Ram Bachan Ram	Nationalist Congress Party	907
Sudhakar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	58083
Deepak Upadhyay	Bhartiya Sablog Party	584
Indresh Bahadur Singh	Independent	510
MD. Iliyas Ansari	Independent	192
Ram Bachan Singh	Independent	182
Ram Sudhakar Tiwary	Independent	381
Shankar Dayal Anand	Independent	864
Shahil Kumar	Independent	395
Sanjay Kumar Singh	Independent	1171

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National :Jharkhand: 62-Year-Old Voter Dies of Suspected Cardiac Arrest Outside Polling Booth in Ramgarh

A 62-year-old man died of suspected cardiac arrest outside a polling booth in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Monday, an ... ...